Lookout Carnarvon Gorge

Hi from Emerald

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May 13th 2009
Hi everyone from Emerald We have just spent 4 nights at Carnarvon Gorge, where we were out of range of TV, phone and internet. We drove in on 26km of dirt track, the first our van has been on, with a few fords. The views were great, and we did all the walking tracks, including one day to the end of the main track and all the points of interest off it on the way back, which ended up being 23.6km, ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more